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Tue, Feb 9, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Los Angeles Kings 9, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 72% of the time.

BOS winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK217421319957
BOS113013111237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 5:03BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: Matt Beleskey, Zdeno Chara · Wrist, 0.38 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:21LAKJeff CarterPPAssists: Jake Muzzin, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:44LAKMarian GaborikAssists: Vincent Lecavalier · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:42LAKAndy AndreoffGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:09LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Milan Lucic, Marian Gaborik · Backhand, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P2 12:42LAKDwight KingAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Carter · Tip-in, 0.10 xG5–1
  7. P2 18:56LAKTrevor LewisAssists: Jake Muzzin, Kyle Clifford · Backhand, 0.15 xG6–1
  8. P3 3:41LAKMilan LucicAssists: Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown · Tip-in, 0.18 xG7–1
  9. P3 4:44BOSTyler RandellAssists: Kevan Miller, Max Talbot · Snap, 0.06 xG7–2
  10. P3 13:50LAKLuke SchennPPAssists: Christian Ehrhoff, Tyler Toffoli · Snap, 0.04 xG8–2
  11. P3 16:57LAKDustin BrownAssists: Milan Lucic, Luke Schenn · Backhand, 0.10 xG9–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:08BOSTyler Randell: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:08LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 4:26LAKChristian Ehrhoff: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:41BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:32LAKAlec Martinez: Holding2 min
  6. P2 10:36BOSPatrice Bergeron: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  7. P2 12:58BOSMatt Beleskey: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 12:58LAKAndy Andreoff: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 15:34LAKDwight King: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 13:25BOSJimmy Hayes: Tripping2 min · PPG

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
47% to win54% to win
← LAK attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKBOS
57Shots on goal37
4.1Expected goals2.7
80Shot attempts66
39Faceoffs won26
3Power plays3
16Penalty minutes16
30Hits30
17Blocked shots10
10Giveaways6
13Takeaways6

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestCarter – King – Toffoli10:40

    xG 0.92–0.31 (74%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Clifford – Nolan – Andreoff6:33

    xG 0.33–0.19 (63%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Lucic13:34

    xG 0.47–0.60 (44%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  4. Lecavalier – Gaborik – Lewis7:53

    xG 0.08–0.32 (20%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Martinez10:53

    xG 1.07–0.54 (66%)attempts 26–14goals 1–0

  2. Ehrhoff – Schenn9:27

    xG 0.71–0.42 (63%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  3. Doughty – McNabb17:46

    xG 0.73–0.46 (61%)attempts 19–11goals 2–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. Bergeron – Marchand – Connolly12:07

    xG 0.56–0.52 (52%)attempts 17–13goals 0–1

  2. Talbot – Ferraro – Randell9:43

    xG 0.35–0.47 (42%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

  3. Beleskey – Hayes – Spooner9:17

    xG 0.22–0.75 (22%)attempts 6–12goals 0–2

  4. Eriksson – Krejci – Pastrnak14:01

    xG 0.48–1.06 (31%)attempts 14–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Morrow9:10

    xG 0.46–0.36 (56%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  2. Seidenberg – Morrow6:26

    xG 0.20–0.21 (48%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Krug9:10

    xG 0.34–0.47 (42%)attempts 11–9goals 0–2

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

BOS 2.7 xGLAK 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

BOS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BOS is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 42/100 · #695 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 72% of the time.

BOS winsLAK wins

Simulated goal difference (BOS − LAK), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).